Elmira
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Elmira is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Elmira mean?
Germanic
“noble”
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Elmira a girl's or a boy's name?
Elmira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elmira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Elmira, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Elmira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
How popular is Elmira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Elmira, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 122 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elmira in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elmira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,072 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,851 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,988 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,023 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,701 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,670 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,780 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,361 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,625 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,436 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,597 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,632 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,722 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,331 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,223 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,250 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,264 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1940 | 49 | #1,023 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,179 |
| 1938 | 49 | #1,018 |
| 1937 | 54 | #940 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,062 |
| 1935 | 54 | #946 |
| 1934 | 57 | #905 |
| 1933 | 47 | #1,008 |
| 1932 | 52 | #979 |
| 1931 | 59 | #899 |
| 1930 | 67 | #880 |
| 1929 | 79 | #789 |
| 1928 | 92 | #739 |
| 1927 | 72 | #874 |
| 1926 | 86 | #777 |
| 1925 | 87 | #791 |
| 1924 | 81 | #829 |
| 1923 | 93 | #752 |
| 1922 | 94 | #754 |
| 1921 | 122 | #667 |
| 1920 | 97 | #732 |
| 1919 | 95 | #717 |
| 1918 | 108 | #691 |
| 1917 | 105 | #663 |
| 1916 | 104 | #667 |
| 1915 | 102 | #655 |
| 1914 | 80 | #647 |
| 1913 | 74 | #600 |
| 1912 | 71 | #571 |
| 1911 | 33 | #754 |
| 1910 | 47 | #610 |
| 1909 | 35 | #669 |
| 1908 | 54 | #493 |
| 1907 | 47 | #521 |
| 1906 | 34 | #611 |
| 1905 | 40 | #547 |
| 1904 | 31 | #612 |
| 1903 | 39 | #514 |
| 1902 | 42 | #485 |
| 1901 | 34 | #520 |
| 1900 | 33 | #611 |
| 1899 | 29 | #565 |
| 1898 | 37 | #510 |
| 1897 | 29 | #554 |
| 1896 | 38 | #467 |
| 1895 | 40 | #455 |
| 1894 | 20 | #664 |
| 1893 | 33 | #464 |
| 1892 | 31 | #489 |
| 1891 | 20 | #589 |
| 1890 | 31 | #468 |
| 1889 | 38 | #393 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 |
| 1887 | 31 | #390 |
| 1886 | 18 | #528 |
| 1885 | 15 | #557 |
| 1884 | 21 | #438 |
| 1883 | 22 | #397 |
| 1882 | 17 | #446 |
| 1881 | 17 | #405 |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 |
Names like Elmira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Etta, Matilda, Ada, Harriet, Lottie, Ottilie, Ella, Eliza, Eva, Elsie, Eloise, Ida
Names related to Elmira
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Harry, Millie, Albie, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elmira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elmira, updated 20 October 2026.